Top UK Private Schools’ China Franchises Closely Linked to Communist Party: Report

Top UK Private Schools’ China Franchises Closely Linked to Communist Party: Report
A general view of the Dulwich College in Beijing on April 25, 2015. Xiaolu Chu/Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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The profitable China franchises of several leading British private schools have close ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), The Times of London has revealed.

In the past 15 years, 20 UK schools have made an estimated £67 million ($92 million) from international franchises, most of which are based in China. But according to a Times of London report published on Monday, CCP members and businessmen closely linked to the Party have been heavily involved in the establishment and operations of some of these franchises.